Tuggle v. Commonwealth

In a bifurcated jury trial conducted pursuant to Code §§ 19.2-264.3 and -264.4, Lem Davis Tuggle, Jr., was convicted of capital murder for the willful, deliberate, and premeditated murder of Jessie Geneva Havens during the commission of, or subsequent to, rape, Code § 18.2-31(e), and his punishment was fixed at death. Following a sentencing hearing, the trial court confirmed the jury’s verdict and sentenced Tuggle to death. The automatic review of Tuggle’s death sentence and his appeal from his conviction have been consolidated, Code § 17-110.1 and given priority on our docket, Code §…